Predictions

Thought it might be good to have a thread that colated everyones predictions for the tournament.

Categories:

Winner:
Last Place finisher:
total run scorer:
highest individual innings:
fastest fifty:
Most wickets:
Most economical bowler:
Best match bowling figures:
Most runouts:
most spectacular catch:
First batsman to bleed on the pitch:
best under 23 player:
best over 33 player:
Player of the tournament:
biggest flop:
random event:

[gees i hope that wasn't too many]

cheers and good luck

Last edited by Trumpers_Ghost; 29-05-2009 at 05:01 AM.
Reason: added a category

Winner: India
Last Place finisher: Scotland (typed and deleted WI)
total run scorer: Smith
highest individual innings: Sehwag
fastest fifty: Albie Morkel
Most wickets: Johnson
Most economical bowler: Mills
Best match bowling figures: Afridi
Most runouts: Symonds
most spectacular catch: De Villiars
First batsman to bleed on the pitch: Peterson
best under 23 player: Raina (hope he's under 23)
best over 33 player: Symonds
Player of the tournament: Symonds
biggest flop: Yuvraj
random event: 5 run outs in one innings

38.3
Styris to Pietersen, SIX, wow, what a shot, that is awesome..its a repeat of his six off Muralitharan at Edgbaston, as he switches his grip and reverse-hits Styris over deep cover for a memorable maximum.

Originally Posted by Cricinfo

42.6
Styris to Pietersen, SIX, that's the most extraordinary shot, he switches his grip to that of a left-hander and launches Stryis high over long-off for a might six. That is one of the more incredible shots you'll see

I did. I just decided against answering the ridiculous categories and stuck to the serious ones. I don't honestly see the point in answering a ludicrous question about the first player to bleed on the pitch!

Pietersen will be massively hyped before the tournament, but his record proves that he's not a great T20 player. There's a good chance he'll prove me wrong, but if his IPL performances are anything to go by, then he'll flop.

Pietersen will be massively hyped before the tournament, but his record proves that he's not a great T20 player. There's a good chance he'll prove me wrong, but if his IPL performances are anything to go by, then he'll flop.

i wish kevin Pietersen scores some good runs this time, he's a good player, don't go by records in t20, cuz it's a new format, none having too many t20 internationals
so one can predict how someone is going to bowl or bat
but for england to win, he must score some good & quick runs (not against Pakistan lol)

Winner: NZ
Last Place finisher: Scotland
total run scorer: De Villiers
highest individual innings: Guptill
fastest fifty: Sehwag
Most wickets: Vettori
Most economical bowler: Vettori
Best match bowling figures: Johnson
Most runouts: De Villiers
most spectacular catch: Collingwood
First batsman to bleed on the pitch: Hope its Gibbs
best under 23 player: Guptill
best over 33 player: Tendulkar
Player of the tournament: De Villiers
biggest flop: Gambhir
random event: The West Indies team will get Swine Flu

I don wanna do the whole predictions.. But my pick is NZ to win and SL to finish runner up. Too much attention on India, RSA, Australia and England (coz they are hosts) means these guys will do very well without being noticed and then turn it on in the knock out stages.

NZ esp. have an awesome top 4/5 for T20s...

We miss you, Fardin. :(. RIP.

Originally Posted by vic_orthdox

In the end, I think it's so utterly, incomprehensibly boring. There is so much context behind each innings of cricket that dissecting statistics into these small samples is just worthless. No-one has ever been faced with the same situation in which they come out to bat as someone else. Ever.